A Traveller family from Ballinrobe has apologised for its part in a brawl which broke out at the end of a Confirmation service in the south Mayo town last week.
Ballinrobe parish priest Fr Conal Eustace read out an apology on behalf of the family from Bog Road, Ballinrobe, at Masses in St Mary’s Church in the town over the weekend.
In the statement, the family apologised for the brawl which broke out during the Confirmation service for 97 local children on February 28th. However, local Fine Gael councillor Michael Burke, a former cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council, said that local reaction to the apology was somewhat mixed
“The community is very upset about what happened,” Mr Burke said. “To bring this into a church shows the type of behaviour that these people are capable of.”